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Rewarding Inventors Who Work to Solve Global Challenges
Posted by on February 8, 2012 at 10:22 AM ESTToday at the White House, United States Patent & Trademark Office Director Dave Kappos launched the Patents for Humanity pilot program, which creates business incentives for patent holders to engage in humanitarian issues.
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Documenting and Educating Future Generations
Posted by on January 31, 2012 at 11:15 AM ESTAbdi Roble is the Founder and the Executive Director for the Somali Documentary Project, a nonprofit dedicated to archive the Somali Diaspora worldwide, educate the hosting communities and advocate for the plight of the refugees.
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Unlocking the Diaspora’s Potential, One Woman At A Time
Posted by on January 31, 2012 at 10:15 AM ESTSemhar Araia uncovers the success, resilience and tremendous opportunity the women from the Horn of Africa posess, through founding and working with the Diaspora African Women's Network (DAWN).
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Education as a Key to Eradicating Poverty
Posted by on January 31, 2012 at 9:41 AM ESTNini Legesse dreams of eliminating poverty through education and works to make that vision a reality through Wegene Ethiopian Foundation (WEF), a non-profit that she founded, to support impoverished families and enrolled homeless children in schools.
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West Wing Week: 1/27/2012 or "The Special State of the Union Edition of 2012"
Posted by on January 27, 2012 at 12:00 AM ESTWelcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that's happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
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President Obama Delivers the 2012 State of the Union
Posted by on January 25, 2012 at 12:42 AM ESTMiss something the President said at the State of the Union? Read the remarks, watch the video, or learn more.
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The Blueprint for an America Built to Last
Posted by on January 24, 2012 at 11:19 PM ESTThe ideas from the 2012 State of the Union represent a blueprint for building an America that lasts.
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Pay for Success: A New Results-Oriented Federal Commitment for Underserved Americans
Posted by on January 24, 2012 at 12:06 PM ESTThe Department of Justice and the Department of Labor announce their support for Pay for Success pilots, a new way for government to ensure effective programs reach underserved communities, through 2012 funding competitions.
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Building Neighborhoods of Opportunity
Posted by on January 10, 2012 at 5:49 PM ESTChoice Neighborhood Grants provide local leaders with flexible funds to transform high-poverty neighborhoods with distressed public housing into sustainable communities with mixed-income housing, safe streets, and economic opportunity.
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For the Win: Simply Irresistible
Posted by on January 9, 2012 at 1:41 PM ESTGrace Li is a junior at Glenda Dawson High School in Pearson, Texas. She is a writer as well as the founder of We Care Act, which helps school children recover from disasters and engages youth around the world to help others in need.
